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The spacecraft Rosetta keeps surprising everyone with amazing new photos taken in pursuit of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, taken just 7.4 kilometers from its surface. These images reveal dunes just like those you can find on Earth. Scientists have also found that it really stinks. According to principal investigator for ROSINA, the instrument that is analyzing its…
If you are into cooking you probably know about silicone molds. If you are not, it doesn’t matter. Just look at how they peel from the cake—and then how the cake gets build into various patisserie wonders. It’s such a satisfying process. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
I love New York despite/because New Yorkers and I love Paris despite/because Parisians. This time-lapse compares their striking similarities—from the right angles. I only wish Paris shared New York’s 24-hour life and New York shared Paris’ joy de vivre.* * But for that combination we have Madrid. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…
The AFP is reporting (in Spanish) about the massive bombing operation over a single ISIS flag placed on a tiny, almost nonexistent hill next to the Turkish border and the Syrian city of Kobane, which ISIS and Kurdish troops are fighting for. This video was filmed from the Turkish frontier. This is what followed. Yes,…
The pilot of this flight from the German airline TUIfly managed to correct a sudden dive while landing at the Madeira International airport, one of the hardest in the world. Crosswinds were so strong that he could only managed to get the plane completely straight a few seconds before touching the ground. SPLOID is a…
The new Batmobile for Batman v Superman is cool, but I wish we could go back to something lighter, less militaristic, and a lot cooler. The Vapour GT by Swedish design firm Gray Design is the car that I would like for a new Batman TV series that is more smart detective work and less…
I’m a sucker for good typography and lettering and when I saw this gorgeous and playful alphabet by French designer Alex Persani, my jaw dropped. Alex Persani is a graphic designer and art director based in Paris, France. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter or check his work on Behance. This is part of…
I really like these two trailers from Tant de Forêts—a short film by France-based directors Burcu Sankur and Geoffrey Godet. The animation starts simple and colorful but all of a sudden, that happy world turns dark and intriguing. Enough to leave me craving to watch the entire thing. The film is based on an homonymous…
I never thought of this, but you can fit all the planets in the Solar System back to back into the distance from the Earth to the Moon—about 238,900 miles (384,400 kilometers)—with room to spare: 4,990 miles (8,030 kilometers.) Seeing it visualized really give you a good idea of how much empty space is out…
Allegedly, this is the first look at the full Ultron, the evil robot that is set to wreak havoc in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the second installment of the series directed by Joss Whedon. It really looks like one menacing son of a gun. Since, looking at the trailer, he actually seems like the son…
That port-a-potty you are seeing perched atop that massive metal structure may be the most dangerous toilet in the world, installed on the precarious structure of the new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings. Here’s a photo from afar so you get the idea (and some vertigo): Apparently, it’s so dangerous that it is obligatory to…
You are looking at the biggest firework ever fired, weighing a total of 1,014 pounds (460 kilograms)—a new world record. According to NHK, it exploded over the city of Konosu—in the island of Honshu, Japan—into a breathtaking rosette about 2,624 feet (800 meters) in diameter. The fireworks shell measured four feet (120 centimeters) in diameter…
This is pretty damn cool: Rather than just jumping off the edge of a cliff, this BASE jumper turned himself into a real-life Angry Bird, using giant slingshot—and some feathers—to launch into the sky. The only thing that I’m missing is him eating some bacon after opening his parachute. SPLOID is a new blog about…
It’s not nearly as large as the biggest spaceship comparison ever, but I find this kind of animation—which I made based on the work of Imgur user Devocation—to be a much clearer way to present the scale of the objects while preserving all the detail. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…
You are looking at the current disease outbreaks in the United States, as displayed in real time by Global Incidents Map. They have many more: Forest fires, hazardous materials accidents, amber alerts, border security, drug interdictions, gang crime, and now two new ones: Human trafficking and food/medicine incidents. Go to their site to have fun…
I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t know about The Sagan Series—an ongoing series of educational videos featuring Carl Sagan’s voice created by Reid Gower—until today, when I watched The Frontier Is Everywhere. The combination of his words, his voice, and the imagery gave me the chills. Highly recommended. You can watch the complete series…
This beautiful video is an excerpt from Yuri Ancarani’s documentary Il Capo. It shows the boss of the most famous marble quarry in the world—in Carrara, Italy—at work. Watching him guide his men extract giant chunks of marble with simple hand movements, is simply amazing. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…
This is the flight of Victor, a white tailed eagle, as he takes off from the Eiffel Tower, glides over the Trocadero, and plunges at 112 mph to land softly on his handler’s arm. This was made to support Freedom, a project created by Jacques-Olivier Travers to reintroduce these birds back in France. SPLOID is…
When I first heard of Harvard’s Fundamentals of Neuroscience online course, I thought it was going to be so hard to understand that I would have a seizure before the end of the first video. But no, thanks to the cool and straightforward animation it is actually very easy to get it. https://vimeo.com/101424066 SPLOID is…
Love. At the beginning is all adventure and excitement. And then, when the years pass, it becomes monotonous and predictable. That happens to everyone, even to Miss Danger and Mr Chaos, the adventurous protagonists of this crazy love story by Michael Lukk Litwak. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
